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Official Description

Injection, vedolizumab, intravenous, 1 mg
Short Descr Inj vedolizumab iv 1 mg
Related Drugs Entyvio
Coverage Special coverage instructions apply
Pricing Indicator(s) 51 – Drugs
MPI A – Not applicable, as HCPCS priced under one methodology
ASC Payment Group Code YY – 1/01/2016
Processing Note PUBLICATION 100.2, CHAPTER 15, 50.1.
BETOS O1E – Other drugs
TOS Code(s) 1 – Medical care
Added Date 1/1/2016
Status Code Excluded from Physician Fee Schedule by Regulation
Global Days XXX - Global Concept Does Not Apply
PC/TC Indicator (26, TC) 9 - Not Applicable
Multiple Procedures (51) 9 - Concept does not apply.
Bilateral Surgery (50) 9 - Concept does not apply.
Physician Supervisions 09 - Concept does not apply.
Assistant Surgeon (80, 82) 9 - Concept does not apply.
Co-Surgeons (62) 9 - Concept does not apply.
Team Surgery (66) 9 - Concept does not apply.
Diagnostic Imaging Family 99 - Concept Does Not Apply
APC Status Indicator Nonpass-Through Drugs and Nonimplantable Biologicals, Including Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals
ASC Payment Indicator Drugs and biologicals paid separately when provided integral to a surgical procedure on ASC list; payment based on OPPS rate.
MUE 300
MUE 0
OTS Orthotic No
JZ Zero drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient
JA Administered intravenously
EJ Subsequent claims for a defined course of therapy, e.g., epo, sodium hyaluronate, infliximab
GY Item or service statutorily excluded, does not meet the definition of any medicare benefit or, for non-medicare insurers, is not a contract benefit
GA Waiver of liability statement issued as required by payer policy, individual case
JG Drug or biological acquired with 340b drug pricing program discount, reported for informational purposes
KX Requirements specified in the medical policy have been met
JW Drug amount discarded/not administered to any patient
Q6 Service furnished under a fee-for-time compensation arrangement by a substitute physician or by a substitute physical therapist furnishing outpatient physical therapy services in a health professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a rural area
GW Service not related to the hospice patient's terminal condition
X4 Episodic/focused services: for reporting services by clinicians who provide focused care on particular types of treatment limited to a defined period and circumstance; the patient has a problem, acute or chronic, that will be treated with surgery, radiation, or some other type of generally time-limited intervention; reporting clinician service examples include but are not limited to, the orthopedic surgeon performing a knee replacement and seeing the patient through the postoperative period
Q1 Routine clinical service provided in a clinical research study that is in an approved clinical research study
UD Medicaid level of care 13, as defined by each state
TB Drug or biological acquired with 340b drug pricing program discount, reported for informational purposes
GZ Item or service expected to be denied as not reasonable and necessary
RT Right side (used to identify procedures performed on the right side of the body)
GX Notice of liability issued, voluntary under payer policy
GV Attending physician not employed or paid under arrangement by the patient's hospice provider
LT Left side (used to identify procedures performed on the left side of the body)
PD Diagnostic or related non diagnostic item or service provided in a wholly owned or operated entity to a patient who is admitted as an inpatient within 3 days
SA Nurse practitioner rendering service in collaboration with a physician
25 Significant, separately identifiable evaluation and management service by the same physician or other qualified health care professional on the same day of the procedure or other service: it may be necessary to indicate that on the day a procedure or service identified by a cpt code was performed, the patient's condition required a significant, separately identifiable e/m service above and beyond the other service provided or beyond the usual preoperative and postoperative care associated with the procedure that was performed. a significant, separately identifiable e/m service is defined or substantiated by documentation that satisfies the relevant criteria for the respective e/m service to be reported (see evaluation and management services guidelines for instructions on determining level of e/m service). the e/m service may be prompted by the symptom or condition for which the procedure and/or service was provided. as such, different diagnoses are not required for reporting of the e/m services on the same date. this circumstance may be reported by adding modifier 25 to the appropriate level of e/m service. note: this modifier is not used to report an e/m service that resulted in a decision to perform surgery. see modifier 57 for significant, separately identifiable non-e/m services, see modifier 59.
76 Repeat procedure or service by same physician or other qualified health care professional: it may be necessary to indicate that a procedure or service was repeated by the same physician or other qualified health care professional subsequent to the original procedure or service. this circumstance may be reported by adding modifier 76 to the repeated procedure or service. note: this modifier should not be appended to an e/m service.
BR The beneficiary has been informed of the purchase and rental options and has elected to rent the item
JB Administered subcutaneously
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2025-01-01 Changed First appearance of change in codebook.
2024-04-01 Changed Code changed. Change in long description.
2016-01-01 Added Added
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